About Thoppur Village

Thoppur is a mid sized village in Kariapatti tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,502, made up of 771 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 839.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thoppur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thoppur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Kariapatti
Pincode	626106
Area (hectares)	839.52 hectares
Population	1,502
Male Population	771
Female Population	731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thoppur compares

By the 2011 count Thoppur is the 18th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents. Its 839.52 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Thoppur

Thoppur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thoppur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thoppur from other places

Thoppur lies about 23 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Aruppukkottai, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Thoppur
Tehsil headquarters	Kariapatti	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Aruppukkottai	14 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	23 km

Villages closest to Thoppur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kariapatti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Thoppur

As per the Census of India 2011, Thoppur village had a population of 1,502. That makes it the 18th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents.

Thoppur village has 771 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thoppur has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Thoppur is 626106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thoppur covers 839.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thoppur falls under Kariapatti tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thoppur is Aruppukkottai, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Thoppur.

Thoppur is about 23 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thoppur is in Kariapatti tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Kariapatti is about 3.6 km away. Aruppukkottai is about 14 km away. Virudhunagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.